High Meadow Viewpoint–Mary Davey Memorial, 5 sights is a 9.4-mile out-and-back in Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve near Los Altos Hills, CA. The route passes Mary Davey Memorial before reaching High Meadow Viewpoint at the turnaround, 4.7 miles in. It climbs 1,885 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi407 – 1,129 ft · steepest grade: 21%9.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rhus Ridge Trail 37.35200, -122.13796
Nearest town Los Altos Hills, CA
Directions
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High Meadow Viewpoint–Mary Davey Memorial, 5 sights
9.4 mi · ▲ 1,885 ft · 4 hr 5 min
Elevation 408–1,129 ft
Out & Back · Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve
Trailhead: Rhus Ridge Trail · 37.35200, -122.13796
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rhus Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Chamise Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Mary Davey Memorial.
- 2.4 miSharp right onto Ravensbury Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left onto Rogue Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto High Meadow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftReach High Meadow Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Wildcat Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Ravensbury Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Chamise Trail, heading NW.
- 2.4 miTurn right onto Rhus Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
38% dirt62% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:15 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~60 min). Leave by 6:55 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- No dogs on part of this route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Rhus Ridge Trail Trailhead
- Ewing Hill–Mary Davey Memorial, 4 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 812 ft
- Mary Davey Memorial–Chamise Trail, 4 sights 7.4 mi · ▲ 1,488 ft
- Ewing Hill–Black Mountain, 8 sights 9.7 mi · ▲ 2,490 ft
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